Study it in the app“When he arrived, he blew the horn in the hill country of Ephraim, and the sons of Israel went down with him from the hill country, and he was before them.”
Whenוַיְהִי בְּhe arrived,בוֹאוֹhe blewוַיִּתְקַעthe hornבַּשּׁוֹפָרin the hill countryבְּהַרof Ephraim,אֶפְרָיִםand the sonsוַ בְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwent downיֵּרְדוּwith himעִמּוֹfromמִןthe hill country,הָהָרand heוְהוּאwas before them.לִפְנֵיהֶם
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vo” appearsblow
To blow the trumpet.
Where else “yitka” appearshorn (shofar)
Shofar: a ram's horn blown like a trumpet.
Where else “shofar” appearshill country
A whole region of high ground, like that of Ephraim or Judah.
Where else “har” appearsEphraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsgo down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yerdu” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears26Ehud escaped while they delayed; he passed the carved images and escaped to Seirah.
27 · This verse (above)
28He said to them, “Follow me, for YHWH has given your enemies, Moab, into your hand.” They went down after him, captured the fords of the Jordan toward Moab, and did not let anyone cross.
